All Students should be assessed using:
A. A Screener Tool
B. A Diagnostic Assessment
C. Progress-Monitoring Assessments
D. Diagnostic and Progress-Monitoring Assessments
E. Screener and Progress-Monitoring Assessments - ANSWER E. Screener and Progress-
Monitoring Assessments
True or False: "It is beneficial for teachers to explicitly teach changing slang to standard Eng-
lish." - ANSWER True
True or False: "Reading is easier than writing." - ANSWER False. Writing and reading de-
velopment parallel each other.
Text Structure - ANSWER refers to how the information within a written text is organized
Informational Text - ANSWER a nonfiction text, written to share factual information
Vocabulary - ANSWER Knowledge of the meaning and pronunciation of words (lexicon)
Automaticity refers to ______________________. - ANSWER accurate and speedy word
recognition
Which activity is best for fluency?
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, A. Silent Sustained Reading
B. Round Robin
C. Repeated Readings
D. All of the Above - ANSWER C. Repeated Readings
A book is considered to be at the instructional level if it can be read with ________% accu-
racy. - ANSWER 90% accuracy
What technique is likely to help students with difficult words? - ANSWER Using vocabu-
lary throughout the week in different subject areas
Academic vocabulary refers to ____________________. - ANSWER Words that cross aca-
demic disciplines
Ex. determine, illustrate, average
Example of teaching semantic gradients - ANSWER Words that describe the speed of
movement from fastest to slowest
Strategies for teaching vocabulary - ANSWER * Teaching students about word parts
* Teaching 'multiple meanings' for words
* Teach students to use context clues
When determining which words to teach, you should choose: - ANSWER - what will help
students understand a concept
- words that'll likely reappear
- words that have multiple meanings
Automaticity and fluency are __________________. - ANSWER different but related pro-
cesses
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A. A Screener Tool
B. A Diagnostic Assessment
C. Progress-Monitoring Assessments
D. Diagnostic and Progress-Monitoring Assessments
E. Screener and Progress-Monitoring Assessments - ANSWER E. Screener and Progress-
Monitoring Assessments
True or False: "It is beneficial for teachers to explicitly teach changing slang to standard Eng-
lish." - ANSWER True
True or False: "Reading is easier than writing." - ANSWER False. Writing and reading de-
velopment parallel each other.
Text Structure - ANSWER refers to how the information within a written text is organized
Informational Text - ANSWER a nonfiction text, written to share factual information
Vocabulary - ANSWER Knowledge of the meaning and pronunciation of words (lexicon)
Automaticity refers to ______________________. - ANSWER accurate and speedy word
recognition
Which activity is best for fluency?
1
, A. Silent Sustained Reading
B. Round Robin
C. Repeated Readings
D. All of the Above - ANSWER C. Repeated Readings
A book is considered to be at the instructional level if it can be read with ________% accu-
racy. - ANSWER 90% accuracy
What technique is likely to help students with difficult words? - ANSWER Using vocabu-
lary throughout the week in different subject areas
Academic vocabulary refers to ____________________. - ANSWER Words that cross aca-
demic disciplines
Ex. determine, illustrate, average
Example of teaching semantic gradients - ANSWER Words that describe the speed of
movement from fastest to slowest
Strategies for teaching vocabulary - ANSWER * Teaching students about word parts
* Teaching 'multiple meanings' for words
* Teach students to use context clues
When determining which words to teach, you should choose: - ANSWER - what will help
students understand a concept
- words that'll likely reappear
- words that have multiple meanings
Automaticity and fluency are __________________. - ANSWER different but related pro-
cesses
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